Questions on the topic believe believe. I believe - I do not believe

"Believe it or not" intellectual game known to many.
The rules of the game "believe - do not believe" are very simple - the host asks questions, and the player decides whether to believe the information contained in them or not.

Here are the questions for the game "believe or not believe" provided for example:

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1. In Japan, do students write on the blackboard with a colored ink brush? (Yes)
2. Is disposable blackboard practiced in Australia? (Not)
3. The fountain pen was invented back in Ancient Egypt? (Yes)
4. Was a ballpoint pen used only by military pilots at first? (Yes)
5. In Africa, fortified pencils are produced for children who tend to gnaw on anything? (Yes)
6. Carrot extract is added to some types of colored pencils for greater lead strength? (Not)
7. Did the Romans wear pants? (No, they wore tunics and togas)
8. If a bee stings someone, will it die? (Yes)
9. Is it true that spiders feed on their own web? (Yes)
10. In a Korean circus, two crocodiles were taught to waltz. (Not)
11. Do penguins fly north for the winter? (No, penguins can't fly)
12. If you put a flounder on a chessboard, it will also become a checkered one. (Yes)
13. Spartan warriors sprayed their hair with perfume before the battle. (Yes, that's the only luxury they allowed themselves)
14. Do mice grow up to become rats? (No, these are two different orders of rodents)
15. Some frogs can fly? (Yes, in tropical forests Asia and Africa)
16. Can children hear higher sounds than adults? (Yes)
17. Is the eye filled with air? (No, the eye is filled with liquid)
18. Are you taller in the morning than in the evening? (Yes)
19. In some places, people still wash with olive oil? (Yes, in some hot countries where water is scarce)
20. Can bats receive radio signals? (Not)
21. Owls can't roll their eyes? (Yes)
22. Is the elk a kind of deer? (Yes)
23. Do giraffes use their echoes to find the leaves they feed on at night? (Not)
24. Dolphins are small whales? (Yes)
25. Does a rhinoceros horn have magical powers? (Not)
26. In some countries, firefly beetles are used as lighting fixtures? (Yes)
27. Is a monkey usually the size of a kitten? (Yes)
28. Was Scrooge's lucky coin worth 10 cents? (Yes)
29. Did Duremar sell frogs? (No, leeches)
30. Do Eskimos dry capelin and eat instead of bread? (Yes)
31. Can a rainbow be seen at midnight? (Yes)
32. Most turnips are grown in Russia? (No, in America)
33. An elephant, meeting with an unfamiliar relative, greets him in the following way - does he put his trunk in his mouth? (Yes)
34. Was Hans Christian Andersen's real name Swensen? (No, Hans)
35. In medicine, the diagnosis of "Munchausen's syndrome" is made to a patient who lies a lot? 36. (No, such a diagnosis is made to a patient who has a constant desire to be treated)
37. The growth of the Horse - the Hunchback is two inches? (no, three)
38. First place among the causes of death from accidents in Japan in 1995. occupied high-heeled shoes? (Yes, almost 200 Japanese women have died from falling from high heels)

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1. In Japan, do students write on the blackboard with a colored ink brush? (Yes)
2. Is disposable blackboard practiced in Australia? (Not)
3. Was the fountain pen invented in ancient Egypt? (Yes)
4. Was a ballpoint pen used only by military pilots at first? (Yes)
5. In Africa, fortified pencils are produced for children who tend to gnaw on anything? (Yes)
6. Carrot extract is added to some types of colored pencils for greater lead strength? (Not)
7. Did the Romans wear pants? (No, they wore tunics and togas)
8. If a bee stings someone, will it die? (Yes)
9. Is it true that spiders feed on their own web? (Yes)
10. In a Korean circus, two crocodiles were taught to waltz. (Not)
11. Do penguins fly north for the winter? (No, penguins can't fly)
12. If you put a flounder on a chessboard, it will also become a checkered one. (Yes)
13. Spartan warriors sprayed their hair with perfume before the battle. (Yes, that's the only luxury they allowed themselves)
14. Do mice grow up to become rats? (No, these are two different orders of rodents)
15. Some frogs can fly? (Yes, in the rainforests of Asia and Africa)
16. Can children hear higher sounds than adults? (Yes)
17. Is the eye filled with air? (No, the eye is filled with liquid)
18. Are you taller in the morning than in the evening? (Yes)
19. Do people still wash themselves with olive oil in some places? (Yes, in some hot countries where water is scarce)
20. Can bats receive radio signals? (Not)
21. Owls can't roll their eyes? (Yes)
22. Is the elk a kind of deer? (Yes)
23. Do giraffes use their echoes to find the leaves they feed on at night? (Not)
24. Dolphins are small whales? (Yes)
25. Does a rhinoceros horn have magical powers? (Not)
26. In some countries, firefly beetles are used as lighting fixtures? (Yes)
27. Is a monkey usually the size of a kitten? (Yes)
28. Was Scrooge's lucky coin worth 10 cents? (Yes)
29. Did Duremar sell frogs? (No, leeches)
30. Do Eskimos dry capelin and eat instead of bread? (Yes)
31. Can a rainbow be seen at midnight? (Yes)
32. Most turnips are grown in Russia? (No, in America)
33. An elephant, meeting with an unfamiliar relative, greets him in the following way - does he put his trunk in his mouth? (Yes)
34. Was Hans Christian Andersen's real name Swensen? (No, Hans)
35. In medicine, the diagnosis "Munchausen's syndrome" is made to a patient who lies a lot? (No, such a diagnosis is made to a patient who has a constant desire to be treated)
36. The growth of the Horse - the Hunchback is two inches? (no, three)
37. First place among the causes of death from accidents in Japan in 1995. occupied high-heeled shoes? (Yes, almost 200 Japanese women have died from falling from high heels)

All games for the development of logical thinking are aimed at forming the basic elements of mental processes in a child: comparison, classification, synthesis, analysis, generalization.

GAME "I BELIEVE - I DON'T BELIEVE"

Children are incredibly trusting creatures. And if the information comes from the mouths of adults, then it sounds like an axiom, which is perceived unconditionally. Teach your kid to reason, and let him not be in a hurry to take everything on faith. So, you say some phrase, and the child must determine whether it is true or fiction. Phrase examples:

"All people sleep."

"All apples are sweet."

"Rain is cold and warm."

"All animals go into hibernation."

“We wear fur coats in the summer.”

"Elephants can fly."

"Watermelons grow on trees."

"Ships float on land."

"It's always cloudy in winter."

"The sun only shines in the morning and evening."

"No man can live without water."

Try to offer phrases that can be answered ambiguously. Let the child reflect on each phrase and try to explain why he thinks so. So the child learns to get to the bottom of the truth in his own way, relying on comparisons, reasoning, and his own conclusions. It is this approach that provides invaluable individual experience and develops observation in the child when he listens and sees seemingly obvious statements.

Phrase examples:

"Juice can be eaten with a spoon." (Yes, if it's frozen.)

"You can drink ice cream." (Yes, if it melts.)

"Snow only happens in winter." (It happens in spring and autumn, and in some places it lies both in summer and winter - for example, at the poles.)

"You can walk on water." (Yes, if she freezes.)

"All birds fly." (Not all, there are birds that do not fly, for example: chicken, turkey, ostrich, kiwi, penguin.)

"CALL IN ONE WORD"

This game develops the ability to generalize and abstract thinking. You name groups of words united by a common feature, and ask the child to name them in one word.

Task examples:

"House, barn, hut, skyscraper" (building).

"Brother, sister, grandmother, aunt, dad" (relatives).

"Pencil, notebook, paper, pen, sketchbook" (stationery).

"Train, bicycle, plane, car, ship" (transport).

"Igor, Sergey, Ivan, Kirill" (male names).

"Cherry, strawberry, currant, gooseberry, watermelon" (berries).

"Table, bed, wardrobe, chair, armchair" (furniture).

GAME "ASSOCIATION"

Each person from early childhood forms their own associative ideas about objects and phenomena. This is a kind of key to understanding the type of thinking. In this game, children learn to distinguish between the concepts of essential and secondary features of an object. Explain the task to the child as follows: “First I will say one word. It will be the main one. Then I will read a number of others that relate to this word. Your task is to name something without which the main word cannot do without. Discuss each proposed word, let the child justify his answers, and you help him highlight the essential features.

Task examples:

Room (walls, bed, floor, ceiling, TV, carpet, chandelier).

Man (body, brain, dress, hat, ring, legs).

Shop (customers, goods, music, TV, money, seller, bed).

Tree (roots, flowers, water, air, trunk, bench, sun, leaves).

"Draw a figure"

You will need a squared notebook and a well-sharpened pencil. Draw an axis on the sheet and draw half of some figure (tree, house, person) in the cells relative to it.

Have your child complete the second half. As practice shows, children do not always understand this task and complete the figure in “freestyle”. To see the symmetry, you can attach a mirror to the axis. By mirroring, it will be easier for the child to draw the second half, strictly following the cells. This game can be complicated by shapes and colors.

“Many psychologists believe that creativity is just an innovative approach to solving a problem. From this perspective, there is nothing extraordinary about creative thinking. It is realized as a consequence of methodical reflections. Other psychologists believe that creativity is an unbridled, uncontrollable process, accompanied by sudden flashes of insight. From this point of view, creativity is mysterious and unpredictable. Both approaches contain some truth." (From Tom Woodjack's Mind Training)

Games for the development of creative thinking of preschoolers

"What if?.."

The game is good because it can be played anywhere: at home, on a walk, in transport. This is a thinking game for the most different topics. All answers are accepted. Try to expand the topic to the limit by asking the child leading questions. Task examples:

What if...

Will the person stop eating?

Turn off the boiling kettle?

Leave the refrigerator open?

Wear tight shoes?

Don't brush your teeth?

Kick the ball out the window?

Eat ten servings of ice cream at once?

Teasing the neighbor's dog?

Walk backwards?

Don't sleep?

Plant flowers in the sand?

Sit on a hedgehog?

Will man learn to fly?

"Images"

Carry out a simple experiment: draw one circle on the sheet, and inside it - another, with a diameter half that. Ask the child what he sees. What do you see? Each person has their own associations. The main thing - do not stop at one answer. Teach your child to look for many new ideas based on one given. This will help him in solving many life issues. This approach expands consciousness and leads to the search for non-standard solutions. Find the unusual in the simple things that surround you. For example: “What does a cloud look like? What does the pattern on the fabric look like? And these bizarre stains on the tiles?

"New person"

Invite your child to draw an earthling who, in some ways, looks like an alien. What else could a person look like besides what he is? Let the child “reshape” the human body in a new way. This creative task well reflects the child's attitude to his own body. And his drawing will be a kind of message for psychologists. The fact that the child enlarges, sticks out in the body, has an important meaning for him. What he “forgets” to draw goes into the subconscious in the form of fears and negative experiences.

"Naughty Pencil"

Give the child a pencil and paper, invite him to draw squiggles. Let him imagine that a naughty pencil fell into his hands, which draws what he pleases. Draw about 10-15 of these drawings, then examine them with different parties. What happened? What do they look like? What images suddenly appeared? So that the exercise does not look like a task, draw the squiggles together (each on its own sheet).

« What does heaven taste like?

A person receives most of the information about the world through vision. This is a scientifically proven fact. All other organs of perception (hearing, smell, taste, touch) are, as it were, in "outsiders". This exercise helps to "revive" all those feelings that are dulled. Ask: “What does heaven taste like? What form is joy? What does fear feel like?

"Find a Use"

The most famous example of the creative use of the subject is the brick story.

One American housewife turned out to be the most enterprising and extraordinary in solving the problem with the use of bricks: she suggested putting it in the toilet cistern, thus saving water when draining. What does your child think about creative bricks? How can you use an ordinary handkerchief, a box, a box of matches, a sheet of paper, a stick, etc.?

Quiz "I believe - I do not believe"

(by history)

Do you believe that...

1. Catherine II, having caught the stoker of the Winter Palace collecting a bag of food from the royal table, did not call the guards, but she personally “stood on the lookout” while he went out the back stairs?

Answer: Yes (so that the strict marshal Grigory Orlov does not find out).

2. Under Ramses II, a cemetery of sacred bulls was created?

Answer: Yes.

3. In the Spanish province of La Mancha during spring holiday guys compete in spinning on the wings of windmills?

Answer: No.

4. "The son of the god Ra" was first called the pharaoh Cheops?

Answer: No. His son Khafre.

5. The leader of the Amazons in the time of Hercules was called Hippolyta, i.e. "Horse"?

Answer: Yes.

6. Archaeologists have found the same foundation tower of babel?

Answer: Yes. Found a huge foundation of a ziggurat.

7. Did Ashurbanipal's library have over 30,000 scrolls?

Answer: No. There were 30,000 clay tablets in the library.

8. Was there a rose in the coat of arms of England in the 14th century?

Answer: Yes.

9. Ancient Latin was called Greek language?

Answer: No.

10. Did Fabre d'Eglantin invent a calendar that only historians and some writers use?

Answer: Yes, this is the French Republican calendar.

Historical quiz on the history of Antiquity for 5th grade students

1. Do you believe that Romulus lived in Rome (yes)

2. Do you believe that Lycurgus was a Spartan king (no)

3. Do you believe that Theseus is considered the founder of Athens (yes)

4. Do you believe that boys in Sparta were brought up together (yes)

5. Do you believe that Solon canceled all the laws of Draco (no)

6. Do you believe that Alexander the Great conquered Egypt (yes)

7. Do you believe that Numa Pompilius was the 4th Roman king (no)

8. Do you believe that Persia was part of the ancient Greek state (no)

9. Do you believe that the temple of Capitoline Jupiter was built in Rome (yes)

10. Do you believe that Vestals could never marry (no)

11. Do you believe that Alcibiades was ostracized (yes)

12. Do you believe that Solon obliged grooms to give a dowry for the bride (no)

13. Do you believe that the Mycenaean state existed (yes)

14. Do you believe that Rome is in the territory of modern Spain (no)

15. Do you believe that sick babies were killed in Sparta (yes)

16. Do you believe that a teacher was a slave who brought a student to school (yes)

17. Do you believe that Servius Tullius was of slave origin (yes)

18. Do you believe that Hercules was real person(No)

19. Do you believe that Tarquinius the Ancient was the last Roman king (no)

20. Do you believe that Alexander the Great declared himself the son of a god (yes)

21. Do you believe that Rome never had a republic (no)

22. Do you believe that in Sparta 2 kings ruled at the same time (yes)

23. Do you believe that the Persians won the Battle of Marathon (no)

24. Do you believe that in Europe the oldest state arose in Rome (no)

25. Do you believe that Troy was in Asia Minor (yes)

26. Do you believe that Aristides was nicknamed the Just (yes)

27. Do you believe that Tarquin the Proud was from the Etruscan tribe (yes)

28. Do you believe that the gates of the temple of Janus were opened only during major religious holidays (no)

29. Do you believe that concrete was invented in Rome (yes)

30. Do you believe that boys in Sparta were flogged ritually with rods once a year (yes)

31. Do you believe that Rome was founded on 10 hills (no)

32. Do you believe that there was no slavery in Athens (no)

33. Do you believe that the Greeks themselves called Greece Hellas (yes)

34. Do you believe that Olympic Games antiquities took place in Athens (no)

35. Do you believe there were schools in Greece (yes)

36. Do you believe that according to the legend, the Trojan War was started because of a woman named Sophia (no)

37. Do you believe that, according to tradition, Theseus killed the Minotaur (yes)

38. Do you believe that Rome is located on the Apennine Peninsula (yes)

39. Do you believe that there was such a Roman king Mark Junius (no)

40. Do you believe that Lycurgus allowed to lend money on the security of himself (no)

41. Do you believe that Solon was a royal family (no)

42. Do you believe that Spartan coins since Lycurgus were made of iron (yes)

43. Do you believe that Solon was a supporter of democracy? (Yes)

44. Do you believe that the Peloponnesian War was between Athens and Sparta (yes)

45. Do you believe that the Iliad and the Odyssey were written different people(No)

46. ​​Do you believe that Theseus' stepmother wanted to poison him (yes)

47. Do you believe that the Spartan kings never commanded troops (no)

48. Do you believe that Alcibiades was a Persian (no)

49. Do you believe that Socrates lived in Athens (yes)

50. Do you believe that the temple of Vesta had no priestesses (no)

51. Do you believe that Remus killed his brother Romulus (no)

52. Do you believe that Theseus' stepmother was executed by court order (no)

53. Do you believe that there were gladiators in Rome (yes)

54. Do you believe that the goddess Aphrodite was considered the patroness of Athens (no)

55. Do you believe that Herodotus wrote the Iliad (no)

56. Do you believe that in Ancient Greece there was a theater (yeah)

57. Do you believe that after the expulsion of the last Roman king, consuls begin to rule in Rome (yes)

58. Do you believe that there were cities called Thebes in both Greece and Egypt (yes)

59. Do you believe that Rome was founded in the 8th century BC? (Yes)
60. Do you believe that people from Sparta founded Rome (no)

cool questions, selected for playing at school, are rare, especially if the topic of the lesson is “Law”. Here are the questions of the quiz "I believe - I do not believe" on the right, and they are actually funny, because they are based on strange laws different countries.

Do you believe that...

1. In California, only those who have a hunting license are allowed to set mousetraps?

Answer: Yes.

2. AT passenger trains Italy is forbidden to sing?

Answer: No, it's allowed.

3. Is it illegal to fish with a bow and arrow in Louisville, Kentucky?

Answer: Yes.

(by the way, do you know how to catch a chub with your own hands?)

4. Is it illegal to get on a Gehry, Indiana streetcar if less than a day has passed since the passenger ate the garlic?

Answer: No, you can enter after 4 hours.

5. If in Saudi Arabia the husband did not give his wife coffee, does she have the right to demand a divorce?

Answer: Yes.

6. Is Duck Duck comics banned in Finland because of immorality?

Answer: Yes, because he is without pants.

7. Is there a special ordinance in the US state of Kansas that allows you to fish with your bare hands?

Answer: No, on the contrary, it cannot be done.

The quiz questions mentioned above are suitable for students in grades 6-11, and it is not necessary that they have attended law classes before.

210 questions

Questions 1 to 50.

Quiz. Do you believe that...

210 questions

Questions 1 to 50.

1. ... the cloud around the nucleus of a comet, observed in 1811, had a diameter of two million kilometers? (Yes)

2. ... on Venus, a day is shorter than a year? (Yes. A Venusian day is equal to 343.16 Earth days - during this time it makes a revolution around its axis; and around the Sun it makes a revolution in 224.7 Earth days)

3 ... is the interplanetary medium a void? (No. It contains gas molecules, rays, radio waves)

4. ... The moon is a dark luminary, does not have its own light? (Yes. It reflects the sun's rays)

5. ... scientists found iron, cobalt, sodium, calcium in the body of the comet? (Yes)

6. ... did the tail of the comet of 1811 exceed the distance from the Earth to the Sun? (Yes)

7. ... Does Lee Redmond (a resident of the USA), who has nails with a total length of 7 meters 51 centimeters, dress herself? (Yes. Only she puts on all the clothes through her legs)

8. ... the height of the tallest modern man is three meters? (No. The height of the tallest man - Radhun Harbib from Tunisia - two meters thirty-five centimeters)

9. ... the highest modern woman taller than the tallest modern man? (No. The height of Sandy Ellen from the USA is two meters thirty-one centimeters)

10. ... a doctor at Charing Cross (Great Britain) in 1952 removed a stone weighing six kilograms two hundred and ninety grams from the gallbladder of an eighty-year-old patient? (Yes)

11. ... Michel Lotito (France) has been eating glass and iron since 1959, and can digest nine hundred grams of metal daily? (Yes)

12. ... the heart of the fisherman Jan Egil Refsdal (Norway), who fell overboard into the sea, stopped for four hours, after which he survived? (Yes)

13. ... Roy Sullivan (USA) survived after being hit by twenty lightning bolts at different intervals? (No. But he survived seven lightning strikes and this despite the fact that the average power of a lightning strike is one hundred million volts)

14. ... the oldest woman who lived on Earth lived longer than the oldest man who lived on Earth? (Yes. Jeanne-Louise Kalman from France lived one hundred and twenty-two years, and Singishio Itsumi from Japan lived one hundred and twenty years, two hundred and thirty-seven days)

15. ... in 1997, Justin Miller (USA), at the age of seven, published a cookbook "Cooking with Justin"? (Yes)

16. ... Jackie Barbie (USA) held twenty rattlesnakes in his mouth for twelve and a half seconds? (No. There were “only” eight snakes)

17. ... donor Maurice Creswick (South Africa) donated 188.9 liters of blood for fifty-nine years since the age of eighteen? (Yes)

18. ... Mary Mohan at ninety-one years old went down on a rope from a thirty-eight-meter cliff? (Yes)

19.... Eduardo Armallo Lagas (Spain), lying down, held on to himself concrete blocks weighing five tons? (No. The weight of the blocks was one ton three hundred ninety-nine kilograms and eight hundred grams)

20. ... Prakash Singhg (India) stood motionless, allowing himself only to blink, for three days? (No. He dedicated his record - twenty hours, ten minutes and six seconds - to the freedom fighters of India)

21. ... two-year-old Michelle Frank (USA) survived sixty-six minutes of being underwater in a stream? (Yes)

22. ... April 3-4, 1974, in just a day, one hundred and forty-eight tornadoes swept across the south and midwest of the United States? (Yes)

23. ... Mary Magdalene was included by the Church among the Equal-to-the-Apostles saints? (Yes)

24. ... the total population of India and China exceeds a third of the population of our planet? (Yes)

25. ... Sieto Izumi (Japan) worked for ninety-eight years. (Yes. In 1872, he started working as a draft cattle driver in a sugar mill. In 1970, he retired at the age of one hundred and five.)

26. ... the most visited amusement park is Disneyland in Paris? (No. This is Tokyo Disneyland)

27. ... is the largest Imperial Palace in Japan? (No. In China. It covers an area of ​​seventy-two hectares)

28. ... the largest pyramid - the pyramid of Cheops in Egypt? (Yes. Her height is one hundred and forty-six meters and sixty centimeters)

29. ... the highest clock above the ground is located on the tower of Westmine Abbey in London? (No. They are installed on the Morton International building in Chicago (USA), located at a height of one hundred and seventy-seven meters above the ground)

30. ... the tallest buildings in modern world were, destroyed on September 11, 2001, the twin towers shopping complex in Manhattan in New York? (No. The tallest building is the Taipei 101 building (Taiwan). Its height is five hundred and eight meters. And the tallest of the twin towers, the North Tower, was four hundred and seventeen meters)

31. ... most Internet users are in Japan? (No. In USA)

32. ... twelve people have been on the moon? (Yes)

33. ... the largest number of space flights (seven) were made by two Russian cosmonauts? (No, these are American astronauts Jerry Ross and Franklin Chang-Diaz)

34. ... was Svetlana Savitskaya the longest woman in space? (No. This is an American Shannon Lucid. She spent one hundred and eighty-eight days in space)

35. ... American astronaut John Glenn Jr. went into space at the age of seventy-seven? (Yes. In 1998, he went into space as part of the Discovery crew)

36. ... the fastest humanoid robot made in the USA? (No. In Japan. It was created in 2003 by Sony)

37. ... the first computer virus was demonstrated by Bill Gates? (No. This was done by MIT student Fred Cohen in 1983)

38. ... the largest armor for animals was made for knightly horses? (No. For Indian elephants)

39. ... Cathy Jung (USA), with a height of one hundred and seventy-two centimeters, has a waist of thirty-eight centimeters and one millimeter? (Yes)

40. ... the growth of the British stuntman Kiran Shah is one meter twenty-six centimeters and four millimeters? (Yes)

41. ... Greg M. Cox (USA) can read and write in sixty-four languages? (Yes)

42. ... will the plane take off faster if it accelerates with the wind? (No. It will take off faster, accelerating into the wind)

43. ... do chickens swallow pebbles because that's how they get minerals? (No. Pebbles serve as a millstone that helps grind food in the stomach)

44. ... do ultraviolet rays pass through window glass well? (No. Window glass does not transmit ultraviolet rays. Such rays pass through quartz glass)

45. ... by sticking a sewing needle, can one develop a pressure of one thousand atmospheres? (Yes)

46. ​​... every vibrating body sounds? (No. Vibrations of the body may not reach the frequency of sound vibrations)

47. ... do birds of prey have females larger and stronger than males? (Yes)

48. ... do woodpeckers die of concussions? (Yes)

49. ... are there birds that stock up for the winter? (Yes. Owls collect dead mice in their hollows, and jays - acorns, nuts)

50. ... in a tadpole, the front legs grow earlier than the hind legs? (No. On the contrary)

Quiz "Do you believe that?.." Questions 51 to 100.

51. ... heavier drops fall from a samovar faucet when the water is hot? (No. The size of the drop, and hence its weight, depends on the surface tension force. Hot water has less surface tension than cold water)

52. ... the speed and acceleration of a vertically thrown ball at its top point of ascent are zero? (No. Velocity is zero and acceleration is 9.8 meters per second)

53. ... the pregnancy of an elephant lasts almost a year? (No. Twenty to twenty-two months)

54. ... in southern countries Do cockroaches reach the size of a mouse? (Yes)

55. ... butterflies with a wingspan of fifty centimeters live on Earth? (No. The largest Atlas butterfly living in India has a wingspan of twenty-five centimeters, almost like a blackbird)

56. ... are there worms on Earth reaching a length of thirty meters? (Yes)

57. ... in equestrian dressage competitions, men and women compete on equal terms? (Yes)

58. ... the height of the Eiffel Tower is more than three hundred and fifty meters? (Not)

59. ... the Egyptian Sphinx - one of the Wonders of the World? (Not)

60. ... homeland of the secretary bird - Australia? (No. Africa)

61. ... Pleiades and Stozhary are the same astronomical object? (Yes)

62. ... are there poisonous boas? (Not)

63. ... does the doha have fur inside and out? (Yes)

64. ... the highest recorded wave - a tsunami - was more than five hundred meters high? (Yes)

65. ... do some birds have teeth? (Not)

66. ... "angina pectoris" - the same disease as asthma? (No. Angina pectoris is angina)

67. ... the Spanish artist El Greco was really a Greek? (Yes)

68. ... are the eggs that iguanas lay edible? (Yes)

69. ... some types of bamboo can grow ninety centimeters a day? (Yes)

70. ... the ancient Romans used mouse brain powder instead of toothpaste? (Yes)

71. ... in the Tower of London prison did the prisoners have to pay for food, accommodation and chains? (Yes)

72. ... in 1970, a hailstone the size of a watermelon fell on Kansas? (Yes)

73. ... in Waterloo, Nebraska, barbers are not allowed to eat onions while working? (Yes)

74. ... potato chips Invented by US President George Washington? (No. They were invented by an Indian named George Krum)

75. ... a termite mound consists of earth, saliva and manure? (Yes)

76. ... eucalyptus - the tallest and fastest growing tree in the world? (Yes. The tree reaches a height of up to one hundred meters)

77. ... kangaroos at the moment of danger develop a speed of sixty-five kilometers per hour? (Yes)

78. ... koalas eat nothing but eucalyptus leaves. Their name in the language of the indigenous inhabitants of Australia means "without water"? (Yes)

79. ... in Australia there are three times more sheep than people? (Yes)

80. ... the last emperor of China, Pu Yi, worked as a gardener at the end of his life and died alone in 1967? (Yes)

81. ... silk was valued so dearly in China that they used it instead of money? (Yes)

82. ... each silkworm cocoon consists of a silk thread one kilometer long? (Yes)

83. ... the Chinese believe that dragons bring rain. Do they even place dragon statues on their rooftops to protect them from fire? (Yes)

84. ... Is the Great Wall of China visible from space? (Yes. Its length is six thousand kilometers. It was built by the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang two thousand years ago)

85. ... the clay army of Emperor Qin has seven thousand warriors, six hundred horses, one hundred and twenty-five chariots. They all have different facial features, no one smiles. Does every warrior have a real weapon? (Yes)

86. ... in the cities of Madras and Bombay (India) more films are shot than in Hollywood? (Yes)

87. ... do Indians chew spices after dinner to freshen their breath? (Yes)

88. ... do female elephants stay in herds with their calves, do male elephants stay apart? (Yes)

89. ... are African elephants smaller than their Asian counterparts? (No. On the contrary)

90. ... elephants can draw about seven liters of water into their trunks? (Yes)

91. ... baby elephants first grow milk tusks, and in a year real ones grow instead of them? (Yes)

92. ... despite the fact that the skin of an elephant is two centimeters thick, they feel the bite of even the smallest insect? (Yes)

93. ... Hanuman - Indian god of monkeys? (Yes)

94. ... the black rhinoceros is listed in the Red Book as the rarest animal on Earth? (Yes)

95. ... the female seahorse lays her eggs in a pocket on the belly of the male, who then raises the babies until they grow up? (Yes)

96. ... octopus, squid and cuttlefish are molluscs? (Yes)

97. ... when bitten, an octopus paralyzes its prey with poisonous saliva, which is almost harmless to humans? (Yes)

98. ... cheetah cubs have a fluffy white mane up to ten weeks from birth, and then lose it? (Yes)

99. ... a sixty-kilogram leopard can drag a ninety-kilogram young giraffe up a tree? (Yes)

100. ... with the help of cute, furry horns, male giraffes fight their rivals? (Yes)

Quiz "Do you believe that?.." Questions 101 to 150

101.... can a giraffe extend its tongue up to forty-five centimeters to pluck young succulent leaves from a tree? (Yes)

102. ... can a giraffe's neck be two meters long? (Yes)

103. ... the length of the spiral horns of male kudu antelopes can reach one meter? (Yes)

104. ... an adult python can swallow a small deer? (Yes)

105. ... is the black mamba the world's fastest land-dwelling snake? (Yes. She can crawl at a speed of sixteen to nineteen kilometers per hour)

106. ... in Florida (USA) there are more amusement parks and amusement parks than in any other part of the world the globe? (Yes)

107. ... on the Gatorama alligator farm, there is a small gift shop where they sell you packs of these animals' droppings for ninety-nine cents? (Yes)

108. ... in Florida (USA) every year there are international competitions to lure worms out of the ground? (Yes. Each participant digs a stake into the ground and makes it vibrate, which forces the worms to crawl to the surface)

109. ... Disneyland in Florida covers an area of ​​ten square kilometers? (No. Its area is one hundred and eleven square kilometers. It is equal in size to the English city of Manchester)

110. ... in the heart of Disneyland's Magic Kingdom is Uncle Scrooge's castle? (No. Cinderella's castle. It reaches a height of fifty-five meters)

111. ... Typhoon Andrew, which swept over Florida in August 1992, reached a speed of five hundred kilometers per hour? (No. This typhoon set the speed record. It traveled two hundred and thirty-five kilometers per hour.)

112. ... the energy inside the tornado is such that it could light all the electric light bulbs in America? (Yes)

113. ... manatees feed their young under water, holding them carefully on their flippers, as mothers hold their children? (Yes. Very often sailors mistook them for mermaids)

114. ... at sea ​​turtles they have absolutely no teeth, and therefore they have to tear food with their jaws? (Yes)

115 .... manatees are called "sea cows". However, their closest relatives today are elephants? (Yes. Manatees lived on Earth sixteen million years ago)

116. ... in a huge bag under the beak of a pelican more food is placed than in its stomach? (Yes)

117. ... not yet hatched baby alligators "talk" to each other by tapping on the shell inside the egg? (Yes)

118. ... raccoons belong to the panda family? (Yes)

119. ... the panther has many other names: leopard, leopard, puma and cougar? (Yes)

120. ... the age of a bear can be determined by the growth rings on his teeth? (Yes)

121. ... a brown bear can run at a speed of forty kilometers per hour? (Yes)

122. ... the air in the Arctic is so cold and dry that you can hear someone talking even from five kilometers away? (Yes)

123. ... there are no fleas in the Arctic, but in summer there are more mosquitoes than anywhere else? (Yes)

124. ... if the ice of Greenland melted one day, would the level of the Atlantic rise by seven meters? (Yes)

125. ... the word "tundra" in Russian means "lifeless"? (No. This word is translated as "treeless plain")

126. ... blubber is a thick layer of fat under the skin of whales, seals, walruses and polar bears, which protects them from the cold? (Yes)

127. ... the inhabitants of the Arctic are called Eskimos, which in their own language means "a person who eats raw meat"? (Yes)

128. ... today the Eskimos are also called "Inuet", what does "inhabitant of the north" mean? (No. This word translates as "real men")

129. ... in 1972, two graves were discovered in Greenland, where eight Eskimo mummies were buried? (Yes. The dry, freezing wind of the Arctic turned people into mummy bodies)

130. ... the porridge that the Eskimos usually boil for breakfast is called "snow flakes"? (No. There is no such porridge)

131. ... for centuries, the Eskimos traveled in sledges, which were harnessed to sheepdogs? (No. Laek. Now these dogs are better known as huskies)

132. ... the Eskimo's hunting boat is called a kayak? (Yes. Only fits one person)

133. ... On April 6, 1909, the expedition of the American Robert Peary was the first to reach North Pole? (Yes)

134. ... do polar bears dive from icebergs from a height sometimes reaching fifteen meters? (Yes)

135. ... icebergs sometimes explode? (Yes. Water seeps through cracks in the ice, freezes and expands, splitting the iceberg with a deafening crack)

136. ... the size of the largest iceberg known to scientists reaches thirty-one thousand square kilometers, that is, as much as Belgium occupies in area? (Yes)

137. ... are polar bears the biggest bears in the world? (Yes. Their length can reach three and a half meters, and their weight is a thousand kilograms. They are twice as tall as a person and fifteen times heavier)

138. ... by being careful, a seal can live to be forty-three years old? (Yes)

139. ... polar bear can smell a seal sixty-four kilometers away? (Yes)

140 .... walrus tusks can reach a length of up to three meters? (No. Up to one meter)

141. ... hares living in the tundra - the smallest in the world? (No. These are the largest hares in the world. Their weight can reach six and a half kilograms)

142. ... an arctic hare can develop a speed of seventy kilometers per hour? (Yes)

143. ... in the nineteenth century, the bandages in which mummies were wrapped were used to make parchment? (Yes)

144. ... recently a mummy was found wrapped in five kilometers of bandages? (Yes)

145. ... the highest and most famous pyramids are in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor? (No. In Giza near Cairo)

146. ... the sphinx guarding the pyramids of Giza reaches a height of fifty meters? (No. Its height is twenty meters. This is about the same as if eleven people were standing on each other's heads)

147. ... the Sahara desert annually increases by six thousand seventy square kilometers? (Yes)

148. ... the ancient Egyptians trained monkeys, teaching them to pick dates from palm trees? (Yes)

149. ... the largest pyramid in Egypt - is this the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun? (No. This is the pyramid of Cheops. Its height is one hundred and forty-seven meters. It was built four and a half thousand years ago)

150. ... the word "mummy" comes from the Arabic term for "bitumen", a special kind of resin? (Yes)

Quiz "Do you believe that?.." Questions 151 to 200

151. ... in 1922, two English archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon began excavations in the still unexplored territory in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor) and found the almost unlooted tomb of Tutankhamen? (Yes)

152. ... Sahara is not only the most big desert world, but also the hottest place on earth? (Yes. When the hottest day was recorded in the Sahara, the thermometer showed plus fifty-eight degrees Celsius in the shade)

153. ... when the wind blows, the sand in the Sahara can move, forming dunes up to a kilometer and a half high? (No. The height of the dunes can reach one hundred and fifty meters)

154. ... Egyptian dromedary camels have two humps? (No. One. Two humps of Asian camels - Bactrians)

155. ... camels store water in their humps? (No, they have fat reserves in their humps)

156. ... camels can live without drinking for about eight weeks, but when they get to the oasis, do they drink more than a hundred liters of water at a time? (Yes)

157. ... the Egyptians fought on the backs of camels. Did the animals emit such a terrible smell that the enemy horses often ran for their lives? (Yes)

158. ... Nile crocodiles attack people and small boats? (Yes)

159. ... the jaw of a two-meter crocodile can be kept closed with a simple elastic band? (Yes. Crocodiles close their jaws with great force, however, the muscles that open them are rather weak)

160. ... snakes are deaf creatures? (Yes)

161. ... in a normal state, the cobra's teeth are "stacked" along the upper jaw, but when it attacks its prey, its teeth pop out and fill with poison? (Yes)

162. ... Is it very hot in the Sahara at night? (Not)

163. ... beetles are the most numerous among insects? (Yes. Now there are two hundred and eighty thousand species of beetles. For comparison: all together fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals - forty-four thousand species)

164. ... the sting of a scorpion's sting is fatal to a person? (No. Painful but not fatal)

165. ... do the eyes of a horsefly consist of thousands of tiny individual eyes? (Yes)

166. ... insects sleep with open eyes? (Yes. They can't close their eyes - they don't have eyelids)

167. ... insects have the most diverse voices? (No. Not a single insect has a voice. They make sounds with wings or by rubbing one part of the body against another)

168. ... only adult males of crickets, grasshoppers and cicadas "sing" loud songs, juveniles and females are silent? (Yes. This was noted already about two thousand four hundred years ago by the ancient Greek playwright Xenarchus, who wrote: “Happy cicadas, they have dumb wives and children”)

169. ... in some species of bees, the "queen" can grow up to five centimeters? (Yes)

170. ... Does an owl have one ear larger than the other? (Yes)

171. ... is it possible to drown not only in water, but also on land? (Yes. This happens when not merciless waves close overhead, but rough quicksand)

172. ... half a million years ago Europe looked like Antarctica? (Yes)

173. ... the fin of a male killer whale can reach three meters? (No. It reaches one meter eighty centimeters)

174. ... Ivan the Terrible composed poems and texts of hymns, music for them, and he himself sang in the choir during church services? (Yes)

175. ... can a rhinoceros turn over a car with its horn? (Yes)

176. ... the birthplace of the baobab tree - Australia? (Yes. How and when the plant got into the African savannas, and spread there more abundantly than on its native continent, is unknown)

177. ... is it colder on the planet Mercury than on the planet Pluto? (Yes. On the cold side of Mercury, the temperature is minus two hundred and seventy-three degrees Celsius, and on Pluto, minus two hundred and thirty degrees)

178. ... near platinum deposits, the density of plants on the soil is much higher than usual? (No. They do not happen near platinum deposits - salts of this element are detrimental to flora)

179. ... does a centipede have forty legs? (No. In nature, there are eleven thousand species of these terrestrial arthropods. And the number of legs they have ranges from thirty to over a hundred. It would be more correct to call "centipedes")

180. ... the birthplace of the tulip - Holland? (No. Turkey. It was not until the sixteenth century that Dutch merchants brought tulips to The Hague)

181. ... the current Patriarch of All Russia - Alexy II - the thirteenth in a row in the history of Russian Orthodoxy? (No. Fourteenth)

182. ... only bees give honey? (No. Bumblebees, wasps, hornets have honey. But bees have the most delicious)

183. ... the eyes of a frog can serve as a periscope? (Yes. They move with the help of powerful muscles. The frog itself is under water, but sees what is happening on the surface)

184. ... a cat needs a lot to see less light than other animals? (Yes)

185. ... the sail of a sailfish is a braking device? (Yes. This predator develops speeds up to ninety kilometers per hour, trying to grab prey. With such acceleration, it is difficult to maneuver - that's the fish and dissolves its fin when it is necessary to brake sharply)

186. ... Pushkin's "Song of the Prophetic Oleg" has no real facts and is completely invented by the poet? (No. The poet followed exactly historical fact recorded in chronicles)

187. ... the minor planet Hector is shaped like a dumbbell? (Yes)

188. ... absolutely pure water does not conduct electricity? (Yes. The current in water is conducted by mineral salts, various impurities)

189. ... was there a time when you went to the opera with your own chair? (Yes)

190. ... chickens are endowed with color vision? (Yes)

191. ... average smokers European country together with cigarette smoke absorb a hundred tons of tar in a year? (Yes)

192. ... every smoker burns a book of three hundred pages a year? (Yes)

193. ... for each person there are three hundred million of the most diverse insects? (Yes)

194.... bulls are irritated by the color red? (No. Bulls do not distinguish colors at all. The fury of the animal does not cause color at all, but the sharp movements that a person makes in front of his nose)

195. ... do polar bears sleep in winter? (No. Unlike brown bear, white in winter and leads the same lifestyle in the summer)

197. ... do flowers stay fresh longer in water with ice cubes? (Yes)

198. ... the oldest trees of our planet, whose age is over two hundred million years, stretched out in growth in the center of the city of Karl-Marx-Stadt (Germany)? (Yes. These are several dozen petrified trunks of various heights and colors. They were found in coal seams near this city in such excellent condition that they decided to put them in the city in front of the Museum of Natural History)

199. ... diamonds can be burned? (Yes. At eight to one hundred and fifty degrees Celsius, they burn without releasing carbon dioxide)

200. ... The Most Holy Gate is the papal residence in the Vatican? (No. The papal residence is called the Holy Throne. The Holy Gate is the Turkish residence of the Sultanate. Until the end of the First World War and the liquidation of the institution of the Sultanate)

Quiz "Do you believe that?.." Questions 201 to 210

201. ... Is the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) located in Geneva (Switzerland)? (No. She is located in New York, USA)

202. ... the Egyptian pyramids were built by prisoners of war? (No. They were built by fellahs - Egyptian peasants)

203. ... can a pear tree bear apples? (Yes. If you graft a branch of an apple tree on him)

204. ... claustrophobia is the fear of exams? (No. This is the fear of closed space)

205. ... a yurt is an Indian's house? (No. The house of an Indian is called a wigwam. A yurt is the dwelling of the Kirghiz, Kalmyks and other nomadic Central Asian peoples)

206. ... the most bright Star in the constellation Ursa Major - the North Star? (No. The North Star is in the constellation Ursa Minor)

207. ... French engineer Alexander Gustave Eiffel designed the American Statue of Liberty? (Yes)

208 Austrian police officers are called gendarmes? (Yes. This word is French and means "armed")

209. ... is karate an old Japanese wrestling? (No. This type of wrestling originated on the island of Okinawa, which only became Japanese in the nineteenth century. The indigenous people of Okinawa fought against the Japanese invaders for centuries. Due to the lack of weapons, they fought mainly hand-to-hand, using karate. Later winners The Japanese adopted this type of wrestling)

210. ... the word "alibi" is Greek and means "it was not me"? (No. It's a Latin word. It means "elsewhere")